A dosimetric intercomparison of electron beams in UK radiotherapy centres

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2393-2409

  Nisbet, A ^a,b   Thwaites, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ELECTRONS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESINS, PLANT;

EID: 0031444593     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/12/007     Document Type: Article

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